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A review by oddgirlsmedia
Take Her Down by Lauren Emily Whalen
3.0
Queer retelling of Julius Ceaser but in high school.
Calpurnia is a senior and as her finale thesis she chooses to research and analyze the events leading up to and surrounding an election for student body president her freshman year. The story is told through first person accounts, interviews, and journal entries from other students. I liked the way the book was laid out, it felt like you were getting a documentary view of the events.
This novel has a lot going on, broken out in to acts like a play, the first act is mostly background on the characters and their motivations leading up to the events in the book. Like the play it is based on, the story gets darker and more intense as it goes. I admit I have always been a bigger fan of Shakespeare's comedies.
Overall the book was well-written and engaging. I think if I had been in high school I would have enjoyed it more, but I would recommend it for late high school teenagers. With the addition of trigger warnings for sexual assault, self-harm, homophobia and biphobia.
Calpurnia is a senior and as her finale thesis she chooses to research and analyze the events leading up to and surrounding an election for student body president her freshman year. The story is told through first person accounts, interviews, and journal entries from other students. I liked the way the book was laid out, it felt like you were getting a documentary view of the events.
This novel has a lot going on, broken out in to acts like a play, the first act is mostly background on the characters and their motivations leading up to the events in the book. Like the play it is based on, the story gets darker and more intense as it goes. I admit I have always been a bigger fan of Shakespeare's comedies.
Overall the book was well-written and engaging. I think if I had been in high school I would have enjoyed it more, but I would recommend it for late high school teenagers. With the addition of trigger warnings for sexual assault, self-harm, homophobia and biphobia.